package org.apache.turbine.services;

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import java.util.Properties;

import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
import org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationConverter;

/**
 * This class is a generic implementation of <code>Service</code>.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:burton@apache.org">Kevin Burton</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:krzewski@e-point.pl">Rafal Krzewski</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
 * @version $Id: BaseService.java 534527 2007-05-02 16:10:59Z tv $
 */
public class BaseService
        extends BaseInitable
        implements Service
{
    /** A reference to the ServiceBroker that instantiated this object. */
    protected ServiceBroker serviceBroker;

    /** The configuration for this service */
    protected Configuration configuration;

    /** The name of this Service. */
    protected String name;

    /**
     * Saves a reference to the ServiceBroker that instantiated this
     * object, so that it can ask for its properties and access other
     * Services.
     *
     * @param broker The ServiceBroker that instantiated this object.
     */
    public void setServiceBroker(ServiceBroker broker)
    {
        this.serviceBroker = broker;
    }

    /**
     * ServiceBroker uses this method to pass a Service its name.
     *
     * @param name The name of this Service.
     */
    public void setName(String name)
    {
        this.name = name;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the name of this service.
     *
     * @return The name of this Service.
     */
    public String getName()
    {
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a ServiceBroker reference.
     *
     * @return The ServiceBroker that instantiated this object.
     */
    public ServiceBroker getServiceBroker()
    {
        return serviceBroker;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the properties of this Service.
     *
     * @return The Properties of this Service.
     */
    public Properties getProperties()
    {
        return ConfigurationConverter.getProperties(getConfiguration());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the configuration of this Service.
     *
     * @return The Configuration of this Service.
     */
    public Configuration getConfiguration()
    {
        if (name == null)
        {
            return null;
        }

        if (configuration == null)
        {
            configuration = getServiceBroker().getConfiguration(name);
        }
        return configuration;
    }
}
